A Moment

from Free Machine (Deluxe version) by Toby Ganger

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lyrics

sometimes I need escape
from living to survive
i just need some space
where i can close my eyes

woke up early in the morning, yawning, wanna close my eyes
without warning, saw the phone blinking, caught me by surprise
rushed to check it, probably wasn’t wise
but i saw that it was coming from my father’s lovely wife
the message said “your father had a stroke
had to go to the hospital and since he hasn’t spoken”
frozen, noticing how powerfully
our beliefs shift when parents show you their mortality
and i don’t know what challenges
lay ahead, wanna stay in bed but my kids are crying out to me
good morning, time to be a father
a little more behind it when mine is in the hospital
and sometimes it feels impossible
and lost in all this i got hostile and i got into
a fight with my wife, as the words flew across the room
wished i could pause all of this, i’ve got a lot to lose

sometimes I need escape
from living to survive
i just need some space
where i can close my eyes

all i need, all I need is a moment
alone here in my mind
so i can be, i can be home in
the rest of the world outside
i just need to be lost, into the deep thoughts
time begins to end
and silence sings its song to me
til I come back again

such a lucky man, stuck in traffic, feeling like I might combust
and have a breakdown, what’s the matter? must have had
a hundred little things frustrating me, but nothing happened, just been adding up
feeling weighed down, just now had enough
don’t have it rough, there’s much bigger problems than I have
want that thought to calm me, but it’s not really distracting
probably is a can of worms unconsciously that has me worried
bubbling up, responsible for having turned me
maybe i’m just feeling unproductive
like i haven’t done enough constructive since I had some luck hit
even though my daughter and my son are growing up with
all my knowledge and my love so they’ll never know a “what if”?
but am i an example in their eyes
if i can’t go and decide to give my talents a good try?
it’s a challenge getting balances just right
but i need a moment now before the next round in this fight

sometimes I need escape
from living to survive
i just need some space
where i can close my eyes

x2
all i need, all I need is a moment
alone here in my mind
so i can be, i can be home in
the rest of the world outside
i just need to be lost, into the deep thoughts
time begins to end
and silence sings its song to me
til I come back again

credits

from Free Machine (Deluxe version), released November 17, 2023
Written by Toby Ganger
Vocals by Toby Ganger
Produced by MGI & Samson for M-Eazy Music
Guitars by Kashwell
Recorded at M-Eazy Studios in Lahti, Finland
Additional vocals by Dustin Warren and Jimetta Rose Smith
Mixed by Bob Horn
Mastered by Shachar Boussani